Illinois is trying to pass an assault weapons ban...

... and that effort is probably what's behind "The Gun Lies". This legislation, unlike the expired, so-called federal "assault weapons ban", would actually criminal possession as well as manufacture. Opponents of the law claim it was sparked by a major hunting and fishing retailer seeking to open a store in Chicago. Luckily it's also behind something else: threats from the several firearms manufacturers based in Illinois that they will leave the state if the law passes. Damn straight. Y'all are welcome in Texas. Seems to me that a state that doesn't want the business shouldn't get the business. I guess we'll see what the vote on that legislation turns out to be.